miniBONG

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miniBONG is a single player casual role playing game. It was developed by Game Star and was released on June 4, 2023. It received positive reviews from players.

"miniBONG" is a rogue-like game that combines dress-up DIY and idle gameplay with elements of combat and character development. Players can express themselves with street-sense trendy dressing styles, progress through multiple levels of difficulty, and multiple dress-ups, all while enjoying automated lazy play. For more information, contact or join the Discord server at .

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Audience ScoreBased on 110 reviews

graphics4 positive mentions

optimization3 negative mentions

The game offers a wide array of character customization options, allowing players to create unique looks and styles.
Visually appealing with a vibrant art style and catchy soundtrack, making it enjoyable to watch battles unfold.
The idle mechanics provide a relaxing experience, allowing players to progress without constant attention while still feeling engaged.

The game suffers from poor localization and translation issues, making some parts difficult to understand.
Progression can be slow and grind-heavy, especially when trying to unlock higher-tier items and character slots.
Lacks essential quality of life features, such as inventory sorting and auto-equip options, which can make gameplay tedious.

gameplay
24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13%
74%
13%
The gameplay of this idle game combines familiar clicker mechanics with a strong emphasis on customization and visual expression, allowing players to personalize their experience while engaging in automated combat. While the core mechanics are polished, they lack significant innovation, leading to a potential plateau in engagement as the game progresses. Overall, it offers a charming blend of style and idle mechanics, but may not satisfy those seeking deeper gameplay variety or challenge.
- “It takes the familiar mechanics of clicker and idle games—watching your character fight, collect, and grow automatically—and adds layers of personalization that make it more than just another passive experience.”
- “The focus on fashion and individuality makes the grind feel personal rather than repetitive, blending aesthetic satisfaction with mechanical growth.”
- “Overall, minibong succeeds as a stylish and relaxing game that offers steady satisfaction through its blend of idle mechanics and personal expression.”
- “Its core mechanics, while polished, don’t drastically innovate within the genre.”
- “The emphasis on customization and gear collection keeps things interesting for a while, but without new challenges or mechanics introduced at later stages, the gameplay can plateau.”
- “Overall, it feels poorly optimized and doesn’t deserve such a huge system load for such simple gameplay.”
graphics
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
56%
19%
The game's graphics are widely praised for their clean, colorful art style that blends anime and street-inspired design, creating an engaging aesthetic experience. Players appreciate the depth of customization and the charming visuals, which enhance the overall enjoyment despite some gameplay limitations. The combination of appealing visuals and a decent soundtrack makes it a standout choice for those seeking a casual yet visually satisfying gaming experience.
- “The art style is clean, colorful, and full of energy, channeling a mix of anime and street-inspired design.”
- “Its strong art direction, customization depth, and smooth progression make it an ideal choice for players who want a casual yet aesthetically pleasing game to unwind with.”
- “Great idle game with great music and graphics.”
- “If you buy it, you're basically paying for the aesthetic.”
- “Right now, it’s little more than a proof of concept hidden behind cute visuals.”
- “I love the art style and the concept but eventually you just hit a wall without anything substantial to optimize.”
music
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
8%
25%
The music in the game is widely praised for its catchy electronic beats and ambient melodies, perfectly complementing the upbeat tone and enhancing the overall experience. Reviewers highlight the soundtrack as a standout feature, describing it as "incredible" and "amazing," with many expressing a desire for an official soundtrack DLC. Overall, the music significantly contributes to the game's charm and enjoyment, even compensating for some gameplay shortcomings.
- “The soundtrack complements this energy perfectly—catchy electronic beats and ambient melodies play in the background, keeping the rhythm consistent with the game’s upbeat tone.”
- “The music choices are incredible, absolute bops.”
- “Music is on point and sets the vibe well.”
- “You won't even see any 'end game' gear for the first few hundred hours, which is weird, but the soundtrack kind of makes up for it.”
- “Decent soundtrack, a nostalgic art style, freedom of customization for your character looks, and big dopamine hits when you drop a destruction rarity that fits in perfectly with what you needed for your next upgrade.”
- “Please add an official soundtrack DLC!”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
75%
The game's optimization is widely criticized, with players noting a significant decline in performance as more characters are unlocked, leading to a heavy system load despite the simplicity of the gameplay. Many feel it is poorly optimized and lacks necessary updates, with essential stats not being displayed, further detracting from the experience.
- “The game initially appears to be a nice little optimization autobattler, but it has underlying issues that need addressing.”
- “Most stats aren't even displayed anywhere, which is a significant drawback for an optimization game.”
- “But once I started unlocking more characters, the performance went downhill fast.”
- “Overall, it feels poorly optimized and doesn’t deserve such a huge system load for such simple gameplay.”
- “Most stats aren't even shown anywhere, which is super bad for an optimization game.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be quite tedious, particularly due to the lack of an auto upgrade system for character attributes, which requires frequent menu navigation. While the game is described as very grindy, many feel that the effort is ultimately rewarding, despite occasional performance issues during extensive farming sessions.
- “The other main thing is I wish there were an auto upgrade system for attributes, as having to go into the menus each time I want to upgrade my character's stats becomes very tedious.”
- “After you progress to post-game and start farming destruction rarity on auto without any player input, you will start to lag and slow down on occasion (I noticed this when saving or when the game auto-saves) due to how many things are being processed at once on screen from the unique skills.”
- “It's a very grindy game but worth it.”
monetization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
100%
The game is praised for its one-time purchase model and absence of microtransactions, offering a wealth of unlockable items through gameplay rather than pay-to-win mechanics. Players appreciate the lack of ads and predatory monetization practices, although some note that progress can be slow and challenging. Overall, it appeals to those seeking a fair gaming experience without financial exploitation.
- “You see, this is something I quite dream of: a game that looks like the most predatory design to steal money from you, yet is a game you purchase once, has no microtransactions, and features 10 billion items that you can only unlock by actually playing the game. Thank you.”
- “It's a good idler for those who don't want to be taken for a ride with microtransactions.”
- “You see, this is something I quite dream of: a game that looks like the most predatory design to steal money from you, yet is a game you purchase once, has no microtransactions, and there are 10 billion items that you can only unlock by actually playing the game. Thank you.”
- “It's a fun little idler game that's not inundated with microtransactions or ads, but with that being said, it sure is slow and hard to get a nice looking or well-working build starting off.”
- “It's a good idler for those that don't want to be taken for a ride with microtransactions.”